Our side
MoneylineARMY to win
ours 78%
Projected score
18–34
FAU – ARMY
2026-10-17 · 12:00 PM
Michie Stadium · West Point, NY
AAC game
Early season
The books
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Series
Army lead
1–0
· 1 meeting since 2024
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge Army Black Knights
52 ranks
Florida Atlantic Owls #211 rush offense
Army Black Knights #159 run defense
Pass game
edge Florida Atlantic Owls
74 ranks
Florida Atlantic Owls #92 pass offense
Army Black Knights #166 pass defense
Run game
edge Army Black Knights
159 ranks
Army Black Knights #86 rush offense
Florida Atlantic Owls #245 run defense
Pass game
edge Army Black Knights
133 ranks
Army Black Knights #25 pass offense
Florida Atlantic Owls #158 pass defense
Florida Atlantic Owls
Pass-heavy · 37% run
Ball-control
Army Black Knights
Run-heavy · 87% run
Avg pace
Dual-threat QB · 98 rush ypg
Zach Kittley · 4-8 · offense-minded
Jeff Monken · 85-55
Ranked by team-unit strength
(rush & pass offense vs. run & pass defense) across all 265
D1 teams, not by individual players. Identity, tempo and unit strength are measured from the
2025 season.
The evidence 2025 production and power ratings · supporting the number above
Who carried each team in 2025
Florida Atlantic Owls
WR
Easton Messer
15 rec · 252 yds · 2 TD
#12 WR
WR
Kelby Valsin
18 rec · 207 yds · 2 TD
#15 WR
DB
Jayden Sweeney
12 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT
#95 DB
DB
Josh Roberts
7 tkl
#104 DB
Army Black Knights
RB
Godspower Nwawuihe
147 rush yds · 2 TD · 1 rec
#52 RB
LB
Elijah Walton
15 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 1.5 TFL
#124 LB
QB
Cale Hellums
150 pass yds · 2 TD · 0 INT
#78 QB
WR
Zach Mundell
3 rec · 47 yds · 1 TD
#288 WR
Top-rated players from last season, ranked within their
position across D1. A grade measures what a player produced, and no
2026 game has been played yet — so this is who produced for
these programs in 2025, not a claim about who is on the field this year.
Power breakdown
Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).
Where the number comes from
Florida Atlantic offense vs Army defense+0.7 pts
Army offense vs Florida Atlantic defense+11.8 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 1,094 mi
Rest · context onlyAway team on 7 more days rest
An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have
played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.
Situational spots are shown for context, not baked in: travel, altitude and rest
were tested against 6,000+ games and the power and efficiency ratings already account for them.
Adding them again would double-count.